OpenAthens Alternatives

OpenAthens is described as 'The world of libraries, librarians and information professionals is in a period of exciting transition. As libraries, technology and information evolve, there is one constant: people want information that supports their learning, development and decision making' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are three alternatives to OpenAthens for Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Mac. The best OpenAthens alternative is Shibboleth, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OpenAthens are CAS and SimpleSAMLphp.

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The world of libraries, librarians and information professionals is in a period of exciting transition. As libraries,...

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OpenAthens alternatives page was last updated Jan 14, 2020
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  1. Shibboleth icon
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    The Shibboleth software implements widely used federated identity standards, principally the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), to provide a federated single sign-on and attribute exchange framework.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Shibboleth Features

    1.  Single Sign-On
    2.  Federated

    Shibboleth VS OpenAthens

     
    • Shibboleth is the most popular Windows, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to OpenAthens.

    • Shibboleth is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to OpenAthens.

    • Shibboleth is Free and Open SourceOpenAthens is Paid and Proprietary
  2. CAS icon
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    Apereo CAS - Enterprise Single Sign On for the Web.

    16 CAS alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    CAS Features

    1.  Single Sign-On

    CAS VS OpenAthens

     
    • CAS is the most popular Web-based & Mac alternative to OpenAthens.

    • CAS is Free and Open SourceOpenAthens is Paid and Proprietary
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    SimpleSAMLphp is an application written in native PHP that deals with authentication. The main focus of SimpleSAMLphp is providing support for SAML 2.0 as a Service Provider (SP) and SAML 2.0 as an Identity Provider (IdP).

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • NO flagNorway

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    SimpleSAMLphp Features

    1.  Single Sign-On

    SimpleSAMLphp VS OpenAthens

     
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